Date: Wed, 21 Aug 1996 08:23:31 GMT
Subject: LEADERS CALL for NATIONAL MOVEMENT
From: riki@nyc.pipeline.com (Riki Anne Wilchins)
LEADERS CALL for NATIONAL MOVEMENT
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GenderPAC Mobilization Announced
[August 15, 1996] Today leaders of
the major US gender organizations together
announced a Mobilization Meeting to
formally launch a nationwide movement
against gender-based oppression under
the name of "GenderPAC." The Meeting
ill be held just outside Philadelphia on
Saturday, November 2nd, 1996. Joining
in the call were IFGE, Renaissance, Tri-S,
AEGIS, FTM International, the CTO,
Intersexed Society of N. Am. (ISNA),
and the Transexual Menace (NY).
Said Alison Laing, JoAnn Roberts,
Angela Gardner, Dallas Denny, Jamison
Green, Lynn Walker, Jane Ellen Fairfax,
Cheryl Chase and Riki Wilchins in a joint
statement, "We are calling *all* gender
activists to join us in Philadelphia to
plan and map a strategy to end
gender-based oppression in our time --
not just for ourselves, but for our
loved ones and for the youngsters coming
up behind us. The moment has come to
join hands and bend our communal will
to launching this movement. The time
for unified effort is now."
The mobilization meeting will kick
off at 9:00 am sharp Saturday morning,
and end at 12:00 noon the following
Sunday. It will feature few breaks or
presentations, devoting the time
exclusively to planning policy,
implementing tactics, and staffing all
activities necessary to launch a
nationwide movement.
A Broad Agenda
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The Meeting's aggressive agenda
illustrates leaders focus on making
GenderPAC a broad-based combination of
the gay community's Human Rights
Campaign, Nat'l Gay & Lesbian Task
Force, Gay & Lesbian Anti-Defamation
League (GLAAD), and Lambda Legal Defense
& Education Fund. Activites scheduled
for discussion, staffing and
implementation include:
. Congressional lobbying
. Transgender & Intersexed Children
. Trans-related Violence
. Employment Discrimination
. Gender Legal Defense Fund
. Child Custody Laws
. National Gender Lobbying Day
. Minority Outreach
. Media Response & Anti-Defamation
. Public Relations
. Membership
. Corporate EEO Policies
. Fundraising
. Minority Outreach
. Research
. Marriage Laws
. Military Policies
. TransPrisoner Project
Rooms will be provided by those in
the Philadelphia area for those needing
some financial assistance to attend. In
addition, GenderPAC will be renting a
number of rooms in nearby motels, for
those willing to share accommodations, and
private rooms are available at moderate cost.
Every effort is being made to make the
Mobilization Meeting as affordable as possible.
Attendance Is Limited
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Due to space considerations,
attendance is limited to 50 people
on a first-come-first-serve basis, so
please make your reservations early. To
make *your* reservation now, please
contact Angela Gardner at cgv1@voicenet.com
(610)975-9119 or Alison Laing at
a.l@lng.com (617)894-8340. For more
information on the Mobilization Meeting
itself, you can also contact Riki Anne
Wilchins at Riki@Pipeline.Com
(212)645-1753.
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